The largest language family in the world, in terms of the number of native speakers, spoken across regions including Europe, Iran, and South Asia, is the:
The Indo-European language family encompasses several major branches, including the Indo-Aryan branch (spoken in South Asia), the Germanic branch, the Romance branch, and the:
A.
Semitic branch (part of the unrelated Afro-Asiatic family)
B.
Slavic branch
C.
Sino-Tibetan branch (a separate, unrelated family)
D.
Bantu branch (part of the unrelated Niger-Congo family)
The Sino-Tibetan language family, which includes Mandarin Chinese, the most widely spoken language in the world by native speakers, is primarily concentrated in:
The Austronesian language family, spoken across a vast maritime region including Indonesia, the Philippines, and Madagascar, is notable for its geographic spread across:
A.
A single, contiguous landmass
B.
Only continental Europe
C.
Only continental Africa
D.
Widely dispersed islands across the Indian and Pacific Oceans
